Woodworking blog entries tagged with 'display case'

Watch this video to take a short tour of the furniture I’ve made in my living room and dining room. These rooms are the first thing you see when you walk into our house. Unfortunately, the living room had very little furniture that I’d made. My wife and I came up with a furniture plan to resolve that and I’m well on my way to filling the living room with hand-crafted furniture.
The rocking chairs are quite comfortable and I love the sweeping lines. The foot stools...

The task of this cabinet is to support the center front of St Patrick Cathedral model. I will make it so that the center of the model will pull out 24” to view the interior details.This cabinet will be 22” wide and 32” deep. There will be an internal frame attached to cabinet 7, to support the sliding assembly for the cabinet.
This shows the complete fixed portion of the cabinet. It will be the main support for the shell.
This is the complete frame for the outer shell ...

Just in time for Memorial day…
I made a display case for my father-in-law that holds an American flag and certificate. The flag and certificate were presented to him by an active Navy Seal serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The certificate shows the date the flag was flown over Camp Patton in Fallujah.
This was quite an honor for my father-in-law, and the flag and certificate deserved a special case to preserve and protect them.
Here’s a link to the video on how the ca...